Articles by David Dieteman

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Getting Lincoln Right

Unlike Jack Kemp.

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5/18/2001

Three Views of the Constitution

More than a few self-described conservatives and libertarians wonder why other self-described conservatives and libertarians revere and defend the Old South. David Dieteman explains.

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5/11/2001

Nebraska’s Own Kurt Waldheim

David Dieteman on Senator Kerrey.

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5/5/2001

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Postrel?

David Dieteman on her criticisms of LewRockwell.com.

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5/3/2001

The Pentagon Is Not a Business

And it can't be. After all, it gets its money through force. A response to Donald Rumsfeld by David Dieteman.

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4/25/2001

That Dangerous St. Andrew’s Cross

Why they hate it, and why we should love it.

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4/21/2001

Uncle Sam and the Paper Dragon

David Dieteman looks at the truth about the US-China controversy.

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4/19/2001

The Cato Institute vs. the Mississippi Flag

David Dieteman on consistency and slavery: new flags for everyone!

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4/18/2001

The Myth of Legislative Expertise

And the lie that we benefit from incumbents.

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4/14/2001

The UN Regime-Protection Plan

Memo from David Dieteman to independence-minded peoples of the world: stock up on guns and ammo now.

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4/13/2001

Reflections of a Lamaze Veteran

Your unborn baby can hear and recognize your voice at 5 months.

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4/11/2001

Give Him Liberty

Remembering what the heroic Patrick Henry had to say 226 years ago today.

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3/23/2001

The Abolition of Confederate History Month

Republican Gov. Gilmore of Virginia had better change the state flag too.

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3/22/2001

St. Patrick

What is this anti-Catholic activist doing at the White House on St. Patrick's Day? On some Masonic holiday, OK. But not on this great Catholic feast.

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3/17/2001

The War on American History

The next target is the beautiful Maryland flag, says David Dieteman.

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3/15/2001

Warmongering Defined

David Dieteman on the great social evil advanced by neocons and some traditionalist conservatives too.

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3/14/2001

Sweden and the Myth of Benevolent Socialism

David Dieteman on the truth.

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3/13/2001

Closing the G-File

David Dieteman closes it on Jonah Goldberg's fingers.

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3/9/2001

All Hail, Bettis

All-Pro running back Jerome Bettis is a hero in every sense, says David Dieteman.

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3/6/2001

States’ Rights vs. States’ Immunity

David Dieteman explains the Supremes.

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3/2/2001

Conservatism and Hayek

What's the matter with Jonah Goldberg? David Dieteman wants to know.

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3/1/2001

American Bridges

A do-it-yourself repair plan from David Dieteman.

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2/28/2001

180º Off Course

What’s got into Bob Barr?

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2/22/2001

Time To Give Up the Ship?

Yes, if we listen to the Wall Street Journal. But David Dieteman doesn't.

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2/21/2001

Unpleasant Truths

Why do some people get so upset at criticisms of Roosevelt and Lincoln?

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2/20/2001

Scotch Whiskey, Nikes, and Fairness

David Dieteman on profits and taxes.

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2/19/2001

Marxism vs. Freedom

More on the commie smear of Rothbard and the Mises Institute (and Lew Rockwell).

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2/19/2001

Killing a Baby Is Murder

So long as it's done with an automobile.

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2/17/2001

The Left Is Bloated With Hypocrisy

The movement to divorce public life from all things religious has neglected a faith-infused part of American history, i.e. our Spanish heritage.

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2/17/2001

LBJ, FDR, and Honest Abe

Lying peas in a pod.

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2/16/2001

Hooray for the Eurocorps

Only imperialists oppose it.

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2/15/2001

Why US Intervention Can Never Fix the Balkans

Or anyplace else, despite the argument for open-ended US occupation of the globe by Max Boot of the Wall Street Journal.

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2/15/2001

Father Murphy and the Million Mom March

A tale of gun control and the Irish freedom struggle.

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2/14/2001

A Guide for the Perplexed

The trouble with Abe Lincoln. A response to the Wall Street Journal's Bill McGurn by David Dieteman.

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2/13/2001

Have Your Children Learn Foreign Languages

They're essential to a real education. And pay no attention to the State drones who tell you not to.

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2/10/2001

Hey, Leave That Poor Government Alone

How dare you criticize it, says David Dieteman.

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2/8/2001

Obesity and Global Warming

If we all get really fat, says David Dieteman, and make all the animals really fat, it will help the planet.

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1/26/2001

The Cesspool of Academic Philosophy

David Dieteman on state-subsidized ignorance.

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1/25/2001

Civil Disobedience North of the Border

The true north, brave and free, shows us the way on gun control.

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1/15/2001

Thinking of Law School?

Buyer beware, says new lawyer David Dieteman.

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1/13/2001

Hamburger Meat and the Kosovo Cancer Cluster

Destroying those we "save."

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1/12/2001

Bill Gates, Judge Jackson, and Compulsive Spenders

A government judge compares a private businessman to a government butcher. What

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1/11/2001

Older and Better Than the Feds

David Dieteman on Lincoln's hogwash that the Union formed the states.

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1/8/2001

The ‘Living Constitution’

It's a manifesto for the total State, says David Dieteman.

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12/7/2000

The Democrats to the Military

No voting, and shut up.

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12/2/2000

Adopt-a-Flag

David Dieteman has a suggestion for the Naacp: adopt the Confederate flag of freedom.

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11/18/2000

The Florida Fracas

There are more than a few lessons to be learned from the Florida fracas. First, your vote did not matter.

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11/11/2000

The Waiting Game

A Confederate look at the election, from a proud descendant of a Union officer.

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11/9/2000

Emergency 2001

When the government declares an emergency, it's targeting your liberty and property.

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The Emperor Lincoln, Afterwards Deified

David Dieteman is a heretic when it comes to the civic religion.

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